Improvement in bread-slicers



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JOHN W. CURRIER, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDJOHN W. LABAREE, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 114,930, dated May 16,1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN BREAD-SLICERS.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, JOHN W. Gunman, ofSpringfield, in the county of Ham pden and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and usefulimproved Bread- Slicer; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being bad to the accompanying drawing making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which-Figure l is'a plan view of my invention, and

Figurej2 is a vertical longitudinal section through line L M of fig. 1.v My invent-ion relates to a device for slicing bread and other articlesand It consists of a box within whicbslide, longitudinally,.twohorizontal pieces, upon which are secured two inclined pieces, one toeach horizontal piece, and they are so arranged that the lower piece,with its incline, being moved and setin any position, the upper one israised or lowered, as the case'may be, the upper one, which is theplatform upon which the bread moves to the knife, operating or movingonly in a vertical direction, and the lower incline operating as aP'edge to raise or lower the upper incline and platorm.

The platform is secured at any desired elevation, to make either a thickor thin slice, by a clamp-screw, while another screw moves the lowerincline longitudinally to get the desired elevation of the platformbefore it is clamped by the screw.

The knife is set obliquely across the box, in front. of the platform,and two pieces are secured longitudinally on top, one on each side, saidpieces having grooves or channels therein, in which moves a followknifeA.

Upon the bottom of the box is the piece 0, which is made to movelongitudinally on the bottom, and .to thispiece o is secured the pieceN, having the incline e thereon, and also secured to the end the piece0, through which operates the screw J, to move said piece a in alongitudinal direction.

The piece D is a vertically movingplatform, and

has a piece, N, secured thereto, upon which is the in clined edge 0',corresponding with the other inclined edge e, and a piece, D, is alsosecured to the end of and the follower F has a tongue at each end whichfits well the groove a, in which it slides.

This follower has a vertical projection, F, on the front, which may beas high as desirable, and the pieces E, with the grooves a therein, andthe follower F are so arranged that the bottom of the said follower isjust above the level of the top of the knife.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The platform D is set to any desired height by unclamping the screw Iand turning the screw J either in or out. If, in turning the screw J, itbe pressed in, as it is termed, the screw will remain stationary, andthe" piece 0, with the piece N thereon, will be moved longitudinally,the inclined edge e impinging against the incline c, and either drivingthe platform up or permitting it to fall.

W'hen adjusted to the desired height the screw I is turned in tightly,firmly clamping the platform in that position. The. loaf isthen placedupon the platform D, in front of the follower F, and if the follower bemoved rapidly past the knife a slice will be out from the loaf of athickness corresponding with the thickness or depth of the aperture n,between the edge of the knifeand the end of the platform D, the slicefalling through said aperture, and also through another aperture in thebottom of the box; or they may fall into the box and-then be taken out.

It will be seen that the plane of the knife and the plane of the top ofthe platform D are always horizontal and parallel, and the bread alwaysis moved to the knife in a horizontal direction, so that a clean sharpcut may be made.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secnre by Letters Patent, is-

In an improved bread-slicer, the fixed horizontal knife A, and themovable platform D operated and adjusted to its position by means of theincline or wedge-shaped piece N, secured to the piece 0, and actuated bythe screw J, substantially as described.

Witnesses: JOHN W. OURRIER.

'1. A. Cun'rrs, Omnnncn BUGKLAND.

